v1.4.0

[chonknick]

✨ Highlights

• Introduced chonkie.Pipeline for composable chunking + retrieval workflows
• Added TableChef and TableChunker for smart table-aware chunking, plus MarkdownChef.parse() for quick Markdown ingestion
• New search methods land on ChromaHandshake, ElasticHandshake, and TurboPufferHandshake for one-line vector-store checks
• Two new visualizer themes—ocean_breeze and midnight—for prettier chunk inspection
• File-handling helpers baked into every cloud chunker for drag-and-drop simplicity

🔨 Breaking

• numpy is now a core dependency—remove any pinned excludes in your env
• The old tokenizer_or_token_counter kwarg is gone; use tokenizer everywhere (single, consistent name)

What's Changed

• Feat: add table chef by @chonk-lain in Feat: add table chef #297
• Feat: add search method for chroma handshake by @AlanPonnachan in Feat: add search method for chroma handshake #293
• docs: update docs by @chonk-lain in docs: update docs #307
• Feat: Add parse method to the MarkdownChef + Enhance testing for chefs by @chonknick in Feat: Add parse method to the MarkdownChef + Enhance testing for chefs #310
• Fix: Remove error for malformed/absent tables in Document and more... by @chonknick in Fix: Remove error for malformed/absent tables in Document and more...  #308
• Feat: Add ElasticHandshake by @AlanPonnachan in Feat: Add ElasticHandshake #314
• Docs: Update Cloud API docs by @shreyash-chonkie in Docs: Update Cloud API docs #318
• Feat: Change tokenizer_or_token_counter to tokenizer by @chonknick in Feat: Change tokenizer_or_token_counter to tokenizer #311
• docs: fix broken links in python-sdk docs by @IvanMiao in docs: fix broken links in python-sdk docs #316
• Fix: remove legacy chunkers for the next breaking change in chonkie by @chonknick in Fix: remove legacy chunkers for the next breaking change in chonkie #286
• feat(visualizer): Add ocean_breeze and midnight themes by @amithadityacp in feat(visualizer): Add ocean_breeze and midnight themes #328
• Fix: Update TableChef to always return MarkdownTable + remove stale sdpm docs by @chonk-lain in Fix: Update TableChef to always return MarkdownTable + remove stale sdpm docs #332
• Feat: Add numpy as a default install in chonkie by @chonknick in Feat: Add numpy as a default install in chonkie #333
• Feat: Add logging by @chonknick in Feat: Add logging #313
• Feat: Add chonkie.Pipeline by @chonknick in Feat: Add chonkie.Pipeline #319
• Feat: add search method for turbopuffer handshake by @AlanPonnachan in Feat: add search method for turbopuffer handshake #303
• Update docs by @shreyash-chonkie in Update docs #337
• Fix typos by @shreyash-chonkie in Fix typos #338
• A test was causing an error in a test. by @cappuch in A test was causing an error in a test. #334
• Docs: Add Pipelines + FileFetcher Documentation by @chonknick in Docs: Add Pipelines + FileFetcher Documentation  #339
• Feat: Add pipeline tests + simplify some logic by @chonknick in Feat: Add pipeline tests + simplify some logic #340

New Contributors

• @AlanPonnachan made their first contribution in Feat: add search method for chroma handshake #293
• @IvanMiao made their first contribution in docs: fix broken links in python-sdk docs #316
• @amithadityacp made their first contribution in feat(visualizer): Add ocean_breeze and midnight themes #328
• @cappuch made their first contribution in A test was causing an error in a test. #334

Full Changelog: v1.3.1...v1.4.0

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